Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Wadley v. Baldi

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided January 28, 1954No. 5225Published

1Opinion of the Court

Oliver, P. J.,

— This is a petition for release under a writ' of habeas corpus. Extradition *166proceedings were instituted in Georgia to compel relator’s return to that State to answer for a crime. The record was in proper order, and relator was arrested by the Philadelphia police in August 1953. Upon a writ of habeas corpus, a hearing was held in November of 1953, at which time a judge of this court, at the request of the district attorney, discharged relator. He was subsequently rearrested, and he now claims the rearrest was illegal because of the previous release; he also maintains that he is…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Commonwealth v. Superintendent of Philadelphia County PrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  3. Tiberg v. WarrenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1911
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hatton v. DyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Huey v. DyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

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